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6:55 AM ET, July 26, 2016

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Bloomberg:
Verizon confirms it plans to acquire Yahoo's Internet business for $4.83B in cash; deal excludes some IP, stakes in Alibaba and Yahoo Japan  —  Verizon confirms it will buy Yahoo's operating business for about $4.8 billion in cash, Bloomberg News reports.  —  Yahoo says it will change …
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Yahoo:
Marissa Mayer says she plans to stay at Yahoo, in email to worldwide employees  —  Today is a big day for Yahoo! This is the email that I sent to Yahoos around the world today.  Given the interest around our journey to this point, I wanted to share more about today's announcement.  -Marissa
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Yahoo's remaining assets to rebrand after sale to Verizon in 2017  —  One asset that Verizon will be getting as part of its $4.83 billion acquisition of Yahoo's core assets, which it did not specifically mention in its big announcement today, is Yahoo's (in)famous brand — main name, purple color and exclamation mark all included.
Ainsley O'Connell / Fast Company:
Verizon EVP Walden on reasons for Yahoo deal: need for ad inventory and quick audience growth to fuel media empire ambitions, 600M monthly mobile users, more
Discussion: Fortune, Forbes and TechCrunch
Patrick Tucker / Defense One:
WikiLeaks DNC dump may have been sent to site by Russian government-sponsored hackers  —  Evidence suggests that a Russian intelligence group was the source of the most recent Wikileaks intel dump, which was aimed to influence the U.S. election.  —  Close your eyes and imagine …
Constanze Letsch / Guardian:
Turkey issues warrants for 42 journalists in relation to failed coup  —  Human rights groups criticise ‘witch hunt against journalists’ as Erdoan arrests those he claims to suspect of plotting the attempted putsch  —  Turkish authorities have issued arrest warrants for 42 journalists as part …
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Zeynep Tufekci / The Huffington Post:
WikiLeaks dump of 300K “Erdogan emails” after coup exposed private info of nearly every female voter in Turkey; most Western journalists failed to check data  —  Just days after a bloody coup attempt shook Turkey, Wikileaks dumped some 300,000 emails they chose to call “Erdogan emails.”
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Ricardo Bilton / Nieman Lab:
The Washington Post is adapting some of its stories for Medium (but leaving the straight news behind)  —  Here's a simple tip for publishers looking looking to attract readers on Medium: Start with what already works on the platform (first-person stories), and avoid what doesn't (straight news).
Leslie Berland / The Twitter Blog:
In blog post, Twitter CMO Leslie Berland announces ad campaign to show the social network is a news service, helping users discover what's happening globally  —  A few months ago, we set out to understand more deeply the perceptions of Twitter around the world.  As we dove into this research, some interesting trends emerged.
Taylyn Washington-Harmon / Nieman Lab:
How Invisibilia and NPR One are creatively cross-promoting one another on digital platforms  —  This spring, controversially, NPR announced a set of restrictions on how its podcasts could be promoted on air during its flagship radio programs — and said that its well reviewed mobile app NPR One wouldn't be promoted on air at all.
Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
Food Network orders 6-episode series from YouTube star Hannah Hart, creator of My Drunk Kitchen  —  Hart will also produce digital content for the cable network.  Food Network is going into business with YouTube star Hannah Hart.  The cable network has ordered a six-episode travel and food series starring the comedian.
Discussion: Eater
John Herrman / New York Times:
Native ads make up 75% of The Atlantic's ad revenue, half of Slate's, as advertisers look to media firms for a full range of production and placement services  —  For some publishers unsettled by a fast-changing online advertising business, sponsored content has provided much-needed relief.
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New York Magazine:   Responses from 113 journalists on the state of media, covering broad range of topics including public distrust, business models, and the impact of social media
 
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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Politico admits reporter Kenneth Vogel made a mistake sending advance copy of article to DNC, emphasizes no substantive changes were made before publication
Hadas Gold / Politico:
CNN and Donna Brazile mutually agree to suspend contributor contract as she steps in as interim chair of the Democratic National Committee
 

 
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Emma Roth / The Verge:
Mark Zuckerberg says Threads is testing custom feeds for certain profiles or topics; the Threads' version seems easier to use than Bluesky's custom feeds

Jibin Joseph / PCMag:
UK mobile operator Virgin Media O2 creates Daisy, an AI-generated “scambaiter” tool that mimics the voice of an elderly woman to waste scammers' time

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Facebook makes Views its primary metric for content, bringing it in line with Instagram; each time a piece of content appears on a screen, it counts as a View
 
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